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You're welcome. I can't share much about building process insides, 'cause this would end in too much text. But when someone is interested in it, I'm happy to do. For accessoires, there was first a E-Scooter planned. I wanted to include the small wheels given with the inventory anyway. Later I skipped the Scooter and decided for the mentioned grill to include for this set.

This is a really great set, going a bit under in the large crowded August 2024 wave. Great video as always.

This is how democracy works ehh... People discussing instructions and MOCs for the G500 is for sure related to the set and this topic

I am getting 2010 vibes with this. A year where Technic was a better place. I remember I was browsing through the catalog with some friends and everyone was hyped for the 8043 Excavator, but someone prefers the blue 8052. Making nostalgic Sets is cool

Thank you. It's interesting that you mentioned this :) Funny thing is that the accessoires were not built at the end. Actually I made the equipment (chairs, table,...) at the very first stage to keep important parts for the truck. I uploaded a very first sketch image from June for you. It looks crude, but as you can see some equipment is already made at first.

You nailed it! It was indeed a great pleassure to do it and once the inventory was out, I built and tested the model with own parts in random colors before the set release. Its hard to transport all the feelings and emotions at the end to an article, so you're absolutely right with your comment, that means alot for me. Thanks you.

This actually makes me wonder. Your pic is awesome. It perfectly shows the differences between the digital and the real world of building. Some legends say that still today some blond women are trying to build it.

Thats great! Now its your chance after 4 years to order new parts in new colour and build your dream ;)

Interesting enough, yesterday evening I saw exactly the same article and downloaded the Landrover pic into the brainstorm folder. The model would look better with orange fender instead black ones and with nearly the same hood design it may not very innovative over the main model. In the end the round headlights dont match for this in parts count, espacially to do for the couples on the roof. I would say for very ambitious people they are keen on this model, its doable as B-model but with some restrictions

You are very welcome, compatriot! Your early post in the 42175 topic was the initial ignition to do this, and without them the model wouldn't be here now. So I'm very thankfull for this :) @astyanaxThank you. It was hard but also fun. Similar for doing your profile pic in reality :)

Thanks for that cool video! It shows all the glory of this set in just few seconds. People sometimes forget that the set is made for a 10+ kids audience, and therefore it is really great. Kids have alot of fun building and playing with it for hours. One of the best playable set for ages. I built this set not yet, but this video makes me want to do.

Thanks to the engaged forum user @R0Sch the inventory for the LEGO Technic Volvo Truck & EC230 Electric Excavator (Set 42175) was shared on a legal way two months before the official set release, so I was lucky to start a B-model design very early. No, I had no early access to the physical set like others and bought the set at day one, August the 1st. in my local store. The model I made is a Mercedes Atego Expedition Camper, only with parts from 42175 Volvo FMX Truck & EC230 Electric Excavator as alternative build (B-model). The main set provides all the parts to build, no spare parts or other parts outside this set are required. Designer love to put easter-eggs inside, isn't it? So this model uses exactly 2024 parts as an easter-egg for the release year. Pneumatic Functions foldable stairs to access living cabin lifting platform to carry Quad Functions & Features HoG-steering working piston engine openable doors for drivers cab pendular suspension with turntable openable door for living cab openable sidedoor to access equipment foldable sunroof twin tires in the rear cargo-area to store equipment many equipment included (read below) upgradeable with other wheels and MB-star (from 42177) measures (all closed) 40cm x 17cm x 19cm Model in Action Some Impressions Some Outdoor-Shots Cabin Details On top of the drivers cab you can grab a wheel to steer the truck with a pretty good steering angle. Both doors of the drivers cab can be opened to watch inside. Between the driver seats you can find a working 4-cylinder piston engine that is connected to the rear twin tires. The model comes with pendular suspension, using a turntable from the set between the drivers cab and the living cab with drivetrain through that turntable. The pendular angle is limited to approx 7.5 degrees per side. Pneumatic inside Like the 42175 main set, this alternate build has cool Pneumatic functions inside as well. The pump is controlled from the top of the living cab; the valves from the side. Basically the living cab is divided into 2 sections: At the first half all the Pneumatic stuff and the working stairs is placed. The second half provides enough space to safely store and transport all the equipment that comes with this model. Foldable stairs (Pneumatic) Once the door for the living cab has been opened, the stairs can be pumped down to fully reach the ground and to access the cab. The door closes even when the stairs is completely down, which is a pretty nice feature I'm happy with. Track links from the main set are used for the steps to make a solid staircase with some refreshing design never seen before. Lifting Platform (Pneumatic) The Mercedes Atego has a quad on his trip, that is carried by a lifting platform. When the Pneumatic cylinder is fully extended, the platform reaches exactly the ground and the quad can enter on this. Luckily the Pneumatic has enough pressure to lift up and to hold the whole platform with the weight of the quad. Additional chains can be used to secure the platform and the bike while driving around and going on vacation with this model. Sunroof In case it is getting hot inside the living cab, a sunroof is openable up to 30 degrees with a crank mechanism. This also provides more space over the head for people inside the living cab. When the sunroof is closed, it is completely hidden inside the frame of the Camper. Equipment included The mentioned quad with working steering Camping chairs & table... ...they are all foldable to stack Smoker BBQ-grill and fire-barrel... ...with openable lid for the grill Mobile satellite dish that fits on the table... ...and even better on top of the Camper ALL of the equipment can be transported with the Expedition Truck itself and nothing stays back during vacation. The equipment is accessible through a large openable sidedoor in the living cab. Borrow them a real star By design, it's very easy to spend the model a more realistic looking Mercedes-Benz star. Just pull out the axle with the 2x2 round tile with hole and replace them with a custom 2x2 round tile and pin with snap. The actually best match for a real star on this Atego is with the set 42177 Mercedes G-500. Either the 2x2 round tile with print or the one with sticker in the back can be used here for a Mercedes brotherhood. When the street is not enough... ...then give the Camper your own rims and offroad tires. By design, the model is made to easy swap wheels up to 56x26 Tractor tires with no rebuild required. Based on the real thing Front and drivers cab are highly based on second generation Mercedes-Benz Atego from 2013 with 4-cylinder diesel engine. Final note A Camper was on my personal B-model wishlist for a long time and now thanks to the inventory of the set 42175 it was possible to make it. A lot of summerlove was spent on this one and the whole model feels like endless vacation. Just pack some things and go on a trip for a long time. A heart-project I was working on from beginning of June to end of August this year. Have fun with this Mercedes Atego Expedition Camper alternate build. You can find PDF Instructions to build your own on my rebrickable following this link. See you next tim(e)

We finally finished one B-model for the Volvo set discussed on this topic.

@Zerobricksthis technique works surprisingly well

Thank you. It was great project and the whole thing feels like endless summer. Just to saddle up, pack some stuff and drive on vacation for a very long time.

Lovely set, even better with alt-build from it

On the way but still needs some more time

I'm on the way with one alt-model for the 42175 Volvo Set. We rebuilt it into a Mercedes Atego Camper with air-pumped stairs, foldable sunroof and a liftable platform in the back to carry the quad-bike. The model has also pendulum axle between the drivers cab and living cab and many equipment included. Funny easteregg-thing is that the model uses exactly 2024 parts from the 42175 inventory, so I decided to share a pic here in the 2024 corner.

@1gor Sorry for the late response but I was not sure about that. Are you Egor Karshiev, the winner for the 2012 Technic Competition?

Great job on this stunning model! The parts usage from both inventories is very clever, like the front grill.

As designer you see that the part makes eye-cancer due ugly moulding points and find another solution. Luckily is only hidden inside. In general this part was re-moulded from the previous 41678 to achieve smoother surfaces without having the ugly gap (a clean 2m liftarm). But now this part has instead the ugly moulding point on the visible side which makes this re-mould useless

Because models are developed in rush without a final quality control and TLG don't really care about customer opinions. But seeing this optimistic thats are yogurt stains from the kids sitting in the back.

Still impressed with this set. It looks rigid and is a truely fuckparty of panels, beams and connectors. The varity of parts in this inventory is insane.

Very cool video. Around minute 3:50 the video confirms the new angled connector to be the number 7

Spotted recolored part also missing in the previous shared inventory: 2477 Liftarm 3x5 perpendicular in white, at least one time